billionaire David Koch

As in her novel, the discussion focused on her findings involving the influence of billionaires in American politics. Mayer said today's most influential businessmen are oil tycoons and brothers Charles and David Koch. “You cannot find out what is happening in American politics if you don't chase the money,” ...

Charles Koch and his brother, David Koch, are Kansas-based billionaires known to support conservative efforts and groups that, among other things, deny climate change. The brothers were the subjects of the 2016 book “Dark Money,” in which investigative journalist Jane Mayer revealed how they have ...

Should you be concerned that Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg are giving away your personal information to Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch? No. There is no truth to a report that Facebook is planning to provide the Koch brothers who have founded and funded a number of conservative and ...

ALBUQUERQUE – A Koch brothers-funded group is hosting a New Mexico forum as part of a national effort aimed at convincing Hispanic voters that the GOP-sponsored tax reforms help them. The LIBRE Initiative plans a “Tax Reform: More Money In Your Pocket” event Saturday in Albuquerque and is ...

The $48.7 million gift to Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the nonprofit “dark money” organization launched by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, was the largest of 122 contributions ... “Our government is being bought by billionaires and foreign governments, and it's time for us to take it back.”.

... and brother Charles G. Koch. Liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders often rails against “the Koch brothers.” The New York Times refers to them as “the billionaire brothers known for supporting conservative causes.” And Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has dubbed them "creepy billionaires.”.

... US defense spending is by the by. Nor would the conservative-libertarian Koch brothers Charles and David, who spend eye-watering amounts on government lobbying, have anything to do with “well-connected special interests.” Read next: The three ultra-rich families battling for control of the Republican ...

Charles and David Koch, the leaders of Koch Industries, one of the largest private corporations in the world, exert vast political power and influence on the ... With the network taking a stand against the president's efforts to slap tariffs on Chinese imports, Republican leaders in Congress who reaped Koch ...

Organizations supported by conservative mega-donors Charles and David Koch sent House and Senate leadership a letter Tuesday calling on both parties to accept a deal that would provide citizenship for 1.8 million so-called Dreamers — young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children — if it ...

“San Francisco, like, this is awesome, the people,” Dallet told the crowd, according to audio circulated by the Wisconsin Republican Party. ... She criticized Charles and David Koch, the industrialist billionaires who bankroll Republicans, noting Screnock's top campaign aides formerly worked for the ...

It has become controversial because of the financial backing from the Charles Koch Foundation. Billionaire oilmen Charles and David Koch have been strong advocates of conservative causes and opponents of government regulations, climate change laws, the Affordable Care Act and other government ...

The proposed research center has been controversial because it's funded by the Charles Koch Foundation. The billionaire oilmen Charles and David Koch have funded libertarian, Republican and free-market causes and “dark money” groups like Americans for Prosperity. The Charles Koch Foundation ...

Dallet also criticized conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, noting that Screnock's top campaign aides formerly worked for the Koch-funded Americans for ... Wisconsin Republican Party executive director Mark Morgan accused Dallet of trying to “appease far-left donors in San Francisco.”.

In 2016, both Charles and David Koch, principals in Koch Industries and builders of a vast, right-wing political infrastructure, made a big show of their ... Trump to offer Koch toady Mike Pence the running-mate slot, even after the Republican standard-bearer had reportedly promised it to Chris Christie, who ...